CMNS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Semiotics, Body Language, Orderliness

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMNS 110
• Professor: Gary Mc Carron

Document Summary

Mod 1 - communication studies in context: models, methods, and meanings. Outline the purpose and scope of communications studies. Influence of new cmn technologies on politics: role of advertising in global society. Impact of cinema in shaping public opinion: effect of mobile tech on social relationships, propaganda in contemporary politics, problems with privacy in modern-tech world, gender, social movements, philosophy, pop. Infotainment (broadcast material intended to inform + entertain) Define communication: (cid:862)a pro(cid:272)ess (cid:271)y whi(cid:272)h i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) is tra(cid:374)sferred (cid:271)/t two or (cid:373)ore age(cid:374)ts(cid:863, wise range of human and non-human activities, no (cid:862)o(cid:374)e size fits all(cid:863) def(cid:374) Intrapersonal cmn: conversations, gestures, facial expressions eye contact, intonation, body language, physical appearance. Internet cmn: email, blogs, chat rooms emoticons, textual clues, u(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e (all (cid:272)(cid:373)(cid:374) is (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) o(cid:374)e"s o(cid:449)(cid:374) i(cid:374)te(cid:396)p(cid:396)etatio(cid:374) personal feelings, tastes, opinions, cultural filtering) Summarize the dynamics of communication: verbal (tone, non-verbal (eye, body, appearance) conditioning, below the threshold of awareness/subliminal messages: hidden messages that cannot be.